1965 AFL Defense

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League Champion: Buffalo Bills

AP MVP: Jack Kemp

Passing Leader: John Hadl, 2798 Yds

Rushing Leader: Paul Lowe, 1121 Yds

Receiving Leader: Lance Alworth, 1602 Yds

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Defense

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Defense Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
1	Ray Abruzzese	NYJ	28	DB	12	6	2	13	0	13						0	0.0
2	Tom Addison	BOS	29	LLB	14	12	1	13	0	13						0	1.0
3	Chuck Allen	SDG	26	MLB	14	13	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
4	Houston Antwine*	BOS	26	RDT	14	14	1	2	0	2						0	3.5
5	Scott Appleton	HOU	23	LDT	14	5			0								2.0
6	Al Atkinson	NYJ	22	LB	14	2	1	2	0	2						0	0.0
7	Bill Baird	NYJ	26	FS	14	8	3	9	0	9			2	0	0	0	1.0
8	Ralph Baker	NYJ	23	LLB	14	14	2	24	0	14						0	1.5
9	Tony Banfield	HOU	28	LCB	14	10	3	28	0	28						0	0.0
10	Bobby Bell*+	KAN	25	LLB	14	14	4	73	1	38			1	0	0	0	7.0
11	Verlon Biggs	NYJ	22	RDE	14	11	1	44	0	44						0	8.0
12	Dan Birdwell	OAK	25	LDT	14	11			0								1.0
13	Danny Brabham	HOU	24	RLB	14	11			0								2.0
14	John Bramlett	DEN	24	RLB	14	14	1	25	1	25						1	6.0
15	Mel Branch	KAN	28	RDE	14	14			0								8.0
16	Willie Brown*	DEN	25	LCB	14	11	2	18	0	18						0	1.0
17	Buck Buchanan*	KAN	26	RDT	14	14			0								7.0
18	Bill Budness	OAK	22	LB	14	3	1	0	0	0			1	0	0	0	0.0
19	Frank Buncom*	SDG	26	RLB	14	14			0								1.0
20	Nick Buoniconti*+	BOS	25	MLB	14	14	3	31	0	26						0	2.0
21	Butch Byrd*+	BUF	24	RCB	14	13	5	119	0	62			3	0	0	0	0.0
22	Ron Carpenter	SDG	24	LB	6	1			0								1.0
23	Hagood Clarke*	BUF	23	SS	14	12	7	60	0	40						0	0.0
24	Doug Cline	HOU	27	MLB	14	14			0								1.0
25	Ed Cooke	DEN	30	LDE	14	12	3	36	0	28						0	1.0
26	Walt Corey	KAN	27	LB	7	0			0								1.0
27	Dave Costa	OAK	24	RDT	14	10			0								1.0
28	Ed Cummings	DEN	24	MLB	14	5			0								1.0
29	Jay Cunningham	BOS	22	DB	14	2	2	16	0	10			2	0	0	0	0.0						1
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
30	Gary Cutsinger	HOU	25	LDE	14	13	1	72	0	72						0	7.0
31	Ben Davidson	OAK	25	RDE	14	14			0								6.0
32	Tom Day*	BUF	30	RDE	14	14	1	0	0	0						0	5.5
33	Dick Degen	SDG	23	LLB	12	7	2	6	0	6						0	0.0
34	Mike Dukes	2TM	29	LB-RLB	14	5	1	10	0	10						0	0.5
35	Jim Dunaway*	BUF	24	LDT	14	14			0							0	1.5
36	Speedy Duncan*	SDG	23	RCB	14	14	4	30	0	26			2	0	0	0	0.0
37	Booker Edgerson*	BUF	26	LCB	14	9	5	55	0	19						0	0.0
38	Larry Eisenhauer	BOS	25	RDE	14	8			0								9.5
39	Tom Erlandson	DEN	25	LLB	14	14	1	3	0	3						0	4.0
40	Earl Faison*+	SDG	26	LDE	14	14	1	24	1	24						0	7.5
41	Lonnie Farmer	BOS	25	LB	3	3	1	16	0	16						0	0.0
42	Miller Farr	2TM	22	DB-SS	10	6	2	22	0	17						0	0.0
43	Don Floyd	HOU	27	RDE	14	12			0								3.0
44	Jim Fraser	KAN	29	P	14	1			0							0	2.0
45	Claude Gibson	OAK	26	DB	14	1	4	53	0	22			1	0	0	0	0.0
46	Fred Glick	HOU	28	FS	14	10	2	18	0	18						0	0.0
47	Goose Gonsoulin	DEN	27	FS	14	10	6	91	0	32						0	0.0
48	Cornell Gordon	NYJ	24	RCB	14	7	2	7	0	7						0	0.0
49	Kenny Graham*	SDG	24	SS	14	13	5	108	1	51						0	0.0
50	Larry Grantham	NYJ	27	RLB	14	13	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
51	White Graves	BOS	23	DB	14	1	2	0	0	0						0	0.0
52	Dave Grayson*+	OAK	26	RCB	14	13	3	145	2	79						0	0.0
53	John Griffin	DEN	26	RCB	14	10	4	109	1	44						0	0.0
54	George Gross	SDG	24	LDT	14	14			0								4.5
55	Ron Hall	BOS	28	FS	14	12	3	35	0	29						0	1.0
56	Dick Harris	SDG	28	DB	14	1	1	0	0	0						0	0.0
57	Jim Harris	NYJ	22	RDT	14	14			0								1.5
58	Jim Hayes	HOU	25	DT	14	5			0								1.0
59	Sherrill Headrick*	KAN	28	MLB	14	14	1	1	0	1						0	0.5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
60	Tom Hennessey	BOS	23	LCB	14	9	2	14	0	14			1	0	0	0	0.0
61	W.K. Hicks	HOU	23	RCB	14	14	9	156	0	31						0	0.0
62	E.J. Holub*	KAN	27	RLB	14	13	1	8	0	8			1	0	0	0	2.0
63	Jerry Hopkins	DEN	24	MLB	14	9	1	7	0	7						0	0.0
64	Jim Hudson	NYJ	22	DB	2	2			0							0	0.5
65	Bobby Hunt	KAN	25	SS	14	14	1	28	0	28						0	0.0
66	Jim Lee Hunt	BOS	27	LDT	14	8			0								3.0
67	Ed Husmann	HOU	34	RDT	14	12			0								5.0
68	Harry Jacobs*	BUF	28	MLB	14	14	1	0	0	0						0	1.0
69	Ray Jacobs	DEN	27	LDT	14	14			0								5.0
70	Bobby Jancik	HOU	25	FS	14	4	4	90	0	36			3	0	0	0	0.0
71	Chuck Janerette	DEN	27	RDT	14	8	1	0	0	0						0	2.5
72	Jack Kemp*+	BUF	30	QB	14	13			0				9	6	0	0	0.0
73	Howard Kindig	SDG	24	DE	14	0			0								1.0
74	Ernie Ladd*+	SDG	27	RDT	14	14			0								6.0
75	Ike Lassiter	OAK	25	LDE	14	14			0								8.0
76	Max Leetzow	DEN	22	DE	14	4			0								2.0
77	Charley Long	BOS	27	LG	14	14			0								0.5
78	Ed Lothamer	KAN	23	LDT	14	14			0								0.5
79	Bobby Maples	HOU	23	LLB	14	8	1	0	0	0						0	3.0
80	Archie Matsos	OAK	31	MLB	12	11	3	52	0	47						0	0.0
81	Jerry Mays*+	KAN	26	LDE	14	14			0							0	9.0
82	Kent McCloughan	OAK	25	LCB	14	14	3	22	0	16						0	0.0
83	Wahoo McDaniel	NYJ	27	MLB	14	12	1	7	0	7						0	0.0
84	Ron McDole*	BUF	26	LDE	14	14	1	24	0	24			0	5	0	0	2.0
85	John McGeever	DEN	26	SS	14	9	1	36	0	36						0	1.0
86	Dudley Meredith*	BUF	30	DT	14	1			0								1.0
87	Willie Mitchell	KAN	25	RCB	14	14	2	44	1	37			3	0	0	0	0.0
88	Fred Moore	SDG	26	DT	12	0			0								1.0
89	Leroy Moore	DEN	30	RDE	14	12			0								3.5
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
90	Jim Norton	HOU	27	SS	14	14	7	52	0	18						0	1.0
91	Ross O'Hanley	BOS	26	SS	14	14	1	5	0	5						0	0.0
92	Carleton Oats	OAK	23	RDT	14	4			0								1.0
93	Gus Otto	OAK	22	RLB	14	14	3	131	2	68						0	0.0
94	Dainard Paulson*	NYJ	28	SS/FS	14	13	7	72	0	22			2	0	0	0	0.0
95	Bob Petrich	SDG	24	RDE	14	14			0								8.5
96	Gerry Philbin	NYJ	24	LDE	14	14			0								6.5
97	Warren Powers	OAK	24	SS	12	10	5	56	0	21						0	0.0
98	George Pyne	BOS	24	LDT	14	4			0				1	0	0	0	2.0
99	Rick Redman	SDG	22	LLB	10	7	1	11	0	11						0	1.0
100	Johnny Robinson*+	KAN	27	FS	14	14	5	99	0	50						0	0.0
101	Paul Rochester	NYJ	27	LDT	13	13			0								4.0
102	George Saimes*+	BUF	24	FS/SS	14	13	4	24	0	20						1	0.0
103	Tom Sestak*+	BUF	29	RDT	14	13			0								8.0
104	Chuck Shonta	BOS	28	RCB	14	10	2	46	0	27						0	0.0
105	Len St. Jean	BOS	24	RDE	14	8			0								2.0
106	Mike Stratton*+	BUF	24	RLB	14	13	2	19	0	19						0	3.5
107	LaVerne Torczon	NYJ	29	DE	14	3			0								2.0
108	John Tracey*	BUF	32	LLB	14	14	1	8	0	8						0	2.5
109	Charley Warner*	BUF	25	LCB	14	6	5	84	1	23			1	0	0	0	0.0
110	Jimmy Warren	SDG	26	LCB	14	11	5	43	0	26						0	0.0
111	Don Webb	BOS	26	LCB	14	8	2	45	0	45						0	0.0
112	Willie West	NYJ	27	LCB	14	12	6	57	0	28						0	0.0
113	Dick Westmoreland	SDG	24	DB	4	3	1	28	0	28						0	0.0
114	Bud Whitehead	SDG	26	FS	14	12	7	127	1	35						0	0.0
115	Howie Williams	OAK	29	FS	14	14	2	23	0	21						0	0.0
116	Fred Williamson	KAN	28	LCB	14	14	6	89	0	51						0	0.0
117	Nemiah Wilson	DEN	22	LCB	14	7	3	118	1	65						0	0.0

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